Abukuma Poro

2021-01-05 | By jpkeiba | Filed in: (Dirt G1 wins)4, colt,stallion(male), Dirt.

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All G1 races + grade-races he won

Y D/M	Track	Race	No.	Pl.
1997 24/06	Ohi D2000	Teio Sho (G1)	6	2	◆
1997 30/11	Chukyo D2300	Tokai TV Hai Tokai Winter Stakes (G2)	13	1	G
1997 28/12	Ohi D2800	Tokyo Daishoten (G1)	10	3	G
1998 28/01	Kawasaki D2100	Kawasaki Kinen (G1)	4	1	G
1998 18/03	Funabashi D2400	Diolite Kinen (G2)	2	1	G
1998 27/05	Funabashi D1600	Kashiwa Kinen (G3)	6	1	G
1998 24/06	Ohi D2000	Teio Sho (G1)	8	1	G
1998 16/09	Funabashi D1800	NTV Hai (G3)	8	1	G
1998 10/10	Morioka D1600	Mile Championship Nambu Hai (G1)	12	3	◆
1998 23/12	Ohi D2000	Tokyo Daishoten (G1)	11	1	G
1999 03/02	Kawasaki D2100	Kawasaki Kinen (G1)	10	1	G
1999 17/03	Funabashi D2400	Diolite Kinen (G2)	8	1	G

He made his debut as a horse belonging to Ohi Racecourse of NAR.
He was late in his career.
He started having success in 1996, when he was four years old.
He’s won seven in a row since 1996 and would run in the 1997 Teio Sho.
In the Teio Sho (1997), he lost to Concert Boy.
In the Tokai TV Hai Winter Stakes, he won by a head.
It was his first grade-race win and JRA’s race win.
He defeated JRA horses like Toyo Seattle and M.I.Blanc.
In the Kawasaki Kinen (1998), he was 1st favorite.
His jockey made little movement, and he won by 3 lengths.
It was his first G1 win.
And it was also the first showdown between him and Meisei Opera.
In the Teio Sho (1998), he was 1st favorite.
He won as expected.
Meisei Opera finished 3rd.
In the Mile Championship Nambu Hai, he was 1st favorite.
He lost to Meisei Opera and finished 3rd.
In the Tokyo Daishoten (1998), he was 1st favorite.
The race was shortened from last year.
He won by 2+1/2 lengths over the second place finisher, Meisei Opera.
In the Kawasaki Kinen (1999), he won by 2+1/2 lengths.
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Around the same time, Meisei Opera ran and won the JRA’s Feburuary Stakes instead of running in the Kawasaki Kinen.
Meisei Opera is the only horse to have won a JRA G1 race while belonging to NAR as of January 2021.

Abukuma Poro and Meisei Opera

Two horses belonging to NAR were active in the late 1990s.
They defeated JRA’s horses and showed off NAR’s presence.
Abukuma Poro is the overlord of the South Kanto region.
(Kanto region Wikipedia)
The South Kanto region is home to Ohi Racecourse, Kawasaki Racecourse, Funabashi Racecourse, and Urawa Racecourse, and is a particularly high level region in NAR.
Meisei Opera was active in Iwate Keiba, which is operated by Iwate Prefecture.
(Iwate Prefecture Wikipedia)
Iwate Keiba is held at Morioka Racecourse and Mizusawa Racecourse.
Meisei Opera was called the “岩手の怪物の再来 (Second Coming of Iwate Monster)”.
(The first Iwate Monster is Swift Say Die.)
Their showdown was called the “AM対決 (AM Showdown)” and drew a lot of attention.
Their record against each other was three wins out of four for Abukuma Poro.
Abukuma Poro’s three victories have come in the South Kanto region, his home base.
Meisei Opera’s one victory have come in Iwate, his home base.

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